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them were Symmetry, Empress Eugenie, Sanspareil, Review, Rose 

 Celestial, Mazeppa, Governor-General, Mr. Marnock, Etna, Viola, and 

 Candidate. Among Mr. Dobson's plants we remarked Fairest of the 

 Fair, Sanspareil, Vestal, Wonderful, Governor-General, and Satirist. 

 Messrs. Windsor, Fraser, and Gaines also showed in this class. 



In the Amateur's class the best plants came from Mr. Wiggins, 

 gardener to E. Beck, Esq., of Isleworth. These were well grown and 

 finely flowered. Among the kinds were Bride, Fanny, Sanspareil, 

 Fairest of the Fail-, Vestal, Hesperis, Governor-General, Wonderful, and 

 Fair Ellen. Mr. Weir, gardener to Mrs. Hodgson, Hampstead, had 

 the next best. 



Of Fancy varieties Mr. Turner's plants were very large and well 

 bloomed, namely, Madame Rougiere, Madame Sontag, Acme, Rosabella, 

 Madame Van de Weyer, and Attraction. Mr. Gaines, Mr. James, of 

 Isleworth, Mr. Holland, Mr. Windsor, and Mr. Weir also sent Fancies. 



There was one collection each of Tulips and Verbenas — the latter 

 were very good — and some Pansies. 



Of Spergula pilifera, the new substitute for lawn Grasses, Mr. 

 Summers, gardener to A. Mongredien, Esq., sent a large panful, which 

 seemed to excite considerable interest. It was deep green and in 

 excellent condition. In its style of growth, it is a neat dwarf hardy 

 perennial tufted alpine plant, forming close compact wiry Grass-like 

 stems, from a quarter to half an inch in height, at first erect, after- 

 wards decumbent, clothed with closely set green bristle-like leaves, 

 which, by permanent growth and occasional rolling, forms an unbroken 

 level velvet-like surface of the richest conceivable verdure, remaining 

 uninjured in severe drought or intense cold, and assumes the same 

 beautiful verdurous tint during the winter months as in summer. 



Ferns were not so plentiful as might have been expected. Mr. 

 Summers, gardener to A. Mongredien, Esq., Forest Hill, contributed a 

 good collection of exotic kinds ; and from Mr. Savey, gardener to E. A. 

 de Grave, Esq., Fetcham, near Leatherhead, was a very good set of 

 British kinds, all well grown plants. 



Of Fuchsias we observed one middling collection, the plants in which 

 stood from eight to ten feet in height at least, and were tolerably well 

 flowered. They were all trained to single stems. All old kinds. 



Cinerarias were exhibited in beautiful condition by Mr. Turner, who 

 sent Slough Rival, Incomparable, Brilliant (Smith's), crimson, Brilliant 

 (Lidgard's), white, tipped with blue ; Eclipse, Perfection, and Regulator, 

 the last a good blue. Some fine plants were also furnished by Mr. 

 Shrimpton, gardener to A. J. Doxat, Esq., among which we noticed 

 Optima, Loveliness, Mrs. Hoyle, Admiral Dundas, Lady Paxton, and 

 Prince of Blues. Messrs. Dobson had Perfection, Mrs. Livingstone, 

 and others, the names of most of which were the same as those just 

 mentioned. 



Auriculas Ne Plus Ultra and Lancashire Hero, both fine kinds, were 

 shown by Mr. Turner. 



Calceolarias, herbaceous kinds, came from Messrs. Dobson. Among 

 them were Ruby Queen, Yellow Model, King of Yellows, Edith, and 

 others, all finely spotted varieties, and well grown. 



